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Posts Tagged Intellectual property

Google is undoubtedly one of the most important innovators of the last two decades. From streamlining the way we find things online to helping define the mobile market and making sense of all the data in between, there are few […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

If the thought of being in the same room as someone wearing Google Glass gave you pause for thought last year, brace yourself: the latest in intrusive eyewear from Mountain View could be looming on the horizon. Google filed a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

IP: Intellectual Property. Even as it breaks off into a new corporate structure, overseen by newly created parent company Alphabet, Google seems unlikely to learn how to properly handle those particular two letters any time soon. View image | gettyimages.com […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

If seasonal Game of Thrones piracy shows us the pervasive impact of content theft at the big budget end of the spectrum, a new coalition of smaller production companies aims to tell us what’s going on at the independent end. The […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

When is a pirate not a pirate? When he or she uses a stolen Windows operating system, apparently, as Microsoft will roll out its Windows 10 upgrades to all existing users this summer, whether their software is licensed or stolen. Unfortunately […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Last week marked a number of notable events related to online safety, culminating in an address by President Obama on the state of cyber security. At an inaugural summit on the subject at Stanford University, the president reiterated his administration’s […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Madonna isn’t the first artist to fall victim to pre-release piracy, but her reaction to the leak of her latest recordings is certainly among the most fierce. “Rebel Heart” isn’t due out until February 2015, and the leaks are described as […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

After winning its day in front of the country’s highest legal body, Aereo’s Supreme Court argument was denied today as six of the nine SCOTUS judges ruled against the service. Despite waging a major PR war against plaintiff ABC and the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

We wrote last month about Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler (and many other artists) lending support to the fight against compulsory music licenses. Well, the rock n’ roll rule breaker descended upon D.C. again this week to focus on making the rules… or […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Earlier today the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet met in Washington to review section 512 of title 17, better known as the “Notice and Takedown” part of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). This is the system designed […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…